Vice
President Mike Pence Leaves Colts-49ers Game After Players Kneel During
AnthemVice President Mike Pence walked out on his home-state Indianapolis
Colts Sunday when members of the opposing team kneeled for the national
anthem, but a report that Colin Kaepernick, the player who started it all,
will stand if given another shot in the NFL was quickly dialed back. "I
left today's Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event
that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem," Pence
tweeted. Pence later posted a statement which read, "I left today's Colts
game because President Trump and I will not dignify any event that disrespects
our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem. FoxVOA VIEW: The NFL and Colts have lost
and will lose fans and money.

Russia
Warns It May Restrict US Media Within Its BordersThe latest in a string of saber-rattling announcements between the
U.S. and Russia saw Moscow claiming it was within its rights to restrict
the operations of U.S. media. Russian officials have accused Washington
of unfairly targeting the U.S. operations of RT, a Kremlin-funded broadcaster
accused by some critics of interfering in domestic U.S. politics, according
to a report from Reuters. FoxVOA VIEW: Russia can do what it wants.

Donald
Trump Just Claimed He Invented 'Fake News'Donald Trump has a grandiose view of himself and his centrality to,
well, everything. He is the first mover. He comes up with things. Like
the idea of putting the words "fake" and "news" together. "The media is
really, the word, one of the greatest of all terms I've come up with, is
'fake,'" Trump told Mike Huckabee in an interview for the two-time Republican
presidential candidate's new show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
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Bannon
Expands His List Of Senate Republican Targets For 2018Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is expanding his efforts
to unseat sitting Senate Republicans in primaries next year. In the two
weeks since Bannon-backed former judge Roy Moore defeated Sen. Luther Strange
in Alabama's Republican primary, Bannon has expanded his map of targets
in the 2018 midterms and ramped up his efforts to establish a donor network
to fund his slate of insurgent candidates. CNNVOA VIEW: Bannon may be working with Trump.

KKK
Leader Awaits Hearing On Charlottesville Gun ChargeA Baltimore Ku Klux Klan leader who authorities say fired a gun during
a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville is in custody in Virginia
awaiting a court appearance this week. Richard Wilson Preston is charged
with discharging a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school on Aug. 12, the
day of the rally that descended into violent chaos. The American Civil
Liberties Union said it provided law enforcement officials with a video
of the shooting before Preston's arrest. It shows a man yelling and firing
a handgun one time while standing on a crowded sidewalk. No one was struck.
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Trump
Says He Called Schumer, Touts Prospect Of 'Great' Bipartisan Health Care
BillPresident Trump tweeted today that he called Democratic Sen. Chuck
Schumer about possibly doing a bipartisan health care bill in the wake
of Republicans' repeated failure to pass legislation to repeal and replace
Obamacare. Schumer in a statement confirmed that he talked to the president
about health care and said he told Trump that repealing Obamacare is "off
the table." ABC NewsVOA VIEW: Trump shuold let Obamacare fail.

"First
Ex" Ivana Trump On Parenting And The President's TweetsAfter all these years, Ivana Trump, walking her toy Yorkie in her leopard-print
coat on the tony East Side of New York, still evokes the lifestyles of
the rich, if not quite as famous. But at 68 -- more than a quarter-century
after her marriage to Donald Trump broke up -- Ivana says she doesn't miss
a thing. Axelrod asked, "Do you miss the old life? Life with Donald?" "I
don't. No," she replied. "Nothing really change. I have a beautiful home
here. I have a spectacular apartment in Miami. I have a 300-year-old fisherman
houses in harbor of Saint Tropez. What more can I have?" CBS
News

After
Being Shot, Rep. Steve Scalise Still Opposes More Gun ControlHouse Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who is still recovering from his
wounds after a gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress in
June, told Chuck Todd in an exclusive interview for Meet the Press that
he still stands behind the unlimited right to bear arms. Our Founding
Fathers believed strongly in gun rights for citizens," said Scalise, R-La.
Instead of passing new regulations in the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting,
which thrust the countrys lawmakers into the center of the debate over
gun control, existing ones should be enforced, he said. NBC
News

Trump
Goes After Senator Bob Corker, Who Bites BackPresident Trump on Sunday lashed out at Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee
Republican whose support will be critical to the White House on tax reform
and the fate of the Iran nuclear deal, saying on Twitter that the senator
had decided not to run for re-election because he didnt have the guts.
Senator Bob Corker begged me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee,
Mr. Trump wrote. I said NO and he dropped out (said he could not win
without my endorsement). Mr. Trump also said that Mr. Corker had asked
to be secretary of state. I said NO THANKS, he wrote. NY
TimesVOA VIEW: NY Times is liberal and a bad
news source.

Family
Of Las Vegas Shooting Victim Seeks To Freeze Shooters AssetsFamily lawyers for one of the victims who died in the shooting massacre
outside Mandalay Bay filed court papers seeking to freeze the assets of
the late shooter, Stephen Paddock. Henderson attorney Richard Chatwin said
in the Family Court papers that he represents Travis Phippen, the son of
John Phippen, who died in the shooting last Sunday at the Route 91 Harvest
country music festival across from Mandalay Bay. The elder Phippen, a 56-year-old
father of six from Santa Clarita, California, was among 58 people killed
by Paddock when he sprayed the concert with rifle fire from his 32nd-floor
hotel room. Phippen had attended the concert with his son, who was shot
in the arm during the attack. Las Vegas Review

Why
Geography Stops Gun Control From Taking RootAfter the mass shooting in Las Vegas last weekend, guns and gun control
are, yet again, topics in Washington. And yet again, most analysts believe
that substantial change on the issue seems unlikely. The reason behind
that expected lack of movement is best understood by looking at who owns
guns and, critically, who is the most invested in the gun debate. In total,
about 42 percent of Americans households are home to at least one gun,
according to data from a June Pew Research Center survey, but firearms
arent spread evenly around the United States. NBC
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Hurricane
Nate Weakens As It Soaks Mississippi, AlabamaHurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming
ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state
from catastrophic damages. Maximum sustained winds from Nate, the fourth
major storm to hit the United States in less than two months, dropped to
35 miles (55 km per hour) as it moved northeast into Alabama, prompting
the National Hurricane Center to end its tropical storm warnings for the
region. Reuters

NRA
Opposes Outright U.S. Ban On Gun Devices Used By Las Vegas KillerThe powerful U.S. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on
Sunday it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer
in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic
weapons and strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained gunfire. The NRA, which
has seldom embraced new firearms-control measures, stunned gun control
advocates last week when it issued a statement voicing willingness to support
a restriction on bump stocks. Reuters

Donald
Trump Revels In Recounting The Very Good Towels He Threw To Hurricane
VictimsPresident Donald Trump congratulated himself on his trip to hurricane-ravaged
Puerto Rico last week by celebrating the incredible cheering of the crowd
of a lot of people who watched him throw rolls of paper towels. In a fawning
interview with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) that aired Saturday
on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, a Christian news outlet, Trump recounted
the trip as if it were a sporting event. Huckabee  whose daughter is White
House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders  had asked him elaborate
on the effusive praise from officials. Huffington
Post

Jerry
Jones Gives Cowboys Players UltimatumDallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Sunday any player who disrespects
the flag will not play. Jones comments, the strongest made on the anthem
controversy, came after he was asked about Vice President Mike Pence leaving
the game in Indianapolis early after several San Francisco 49ers players
took a knee during the national anthem. FoxVOA VIEW: Good move by Jones and Pence.

Trump
Seeks Sanctuary-City CrackdownThe Trump administration on Sunday announced it's seeking several major
changes to the country's immigration system  in exchange for extending
the Obama-era program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,
or DACA. The requests included additional crackdowns on sanctuary cities
that protect illegal immigrants; reducing the number of incoming refugees;
10,000 more Customs and Border Patrol agents; and new initiatives curbing
the number of unaccompanied immigrants who come to the U.S. illegally as
children. Democrats already have said many of the White House's terms are
off the table. Fox News

Harvey
Weinstein Fired From His Production CompanyHollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been fired from his job at
the Weinstein Company following allegations of sexual harassment. In light
of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged
in the past few days, the directors of The Weinstein Company - Robert Weinsten,
Lance Maerov, Richard Koenigsberg and Taka Ben Ammar - have determined,
and have informed Harvey Weinstein, that his employment with The Weinstein
Company is terminated, effective immediately, reads a statement from the
companys board of directors, obtained by Variety. Huffington
Post

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Trump
Is Filling Court Seats With Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion JudgesThursday was a good day for Amy Coney Barrett. A Senate committee voted
to advance her nomination to be a federal judge. It wasnt a pretty vote.
Every Democrat on the Judiciary Committee opposed her nomination. They
scrutinized her past writings on abortion, which include her questioning
the precedent of Roe v. Wade and condemning the birth control benefit under
the Affordable Care Act as a grave infringement on religious liberty.
One Democrat, Al Franken (Minn.), called her out for taking a speaking
fee from the Alliance Defending Freedom, a nonprofit thats defended forced
sterilization for transgender people and has been dubbed a hate group by
the Southern Poverty Law Center. Huffington PostVOA VIEW: To the victor belongs the spoils
- the country would be worse off with a Hillary win.

Kaepernicks
Girlfriend: He Wont Be Standing For AnthemPro-football quarterback Colin Kaepernick has no plans to stand for
the national anthem if he gets another job in the league, his girlfriend
said Sunday, following reports he would spike his protest given a second
shot. The reports that Colin will stand for the anthem are completely
false! He has never discussed this with anyone, tweeted Kaepernicks gal
pal, Nessa Diab, after stories that he would change his tune to land a
job surfaced again Sunday. NY PostVOA VIEW: Good reason Kaepernick has not
been hired.

Crying
Odell Beckham Carted Off The Field In Giants DisasterThe alarming Giants season is going full disaster. Odell Beckham Jr.
was carted off the field in the closing minutes of Sundays home loss,
27-22, to the Chargers, the teams fourth (and best) wide receiver to be
hurt on the day. Beckham went down on a pass that fell incomplete with
about 4 minutes left in the game, the Giants up 22-20 at the time, before
they promptly blew the game. New York Post

FEMA
Head Brock Long Dismisses San Juan Mayor's ComplaintsFEMA Administrator Brock Long said on Sunday that as his agency responds
to the crisis in Puerto Rico, it's also "filtered out" San Juan Mayor Carmen
Yulín Cruz, adding: "We don't have time for the political noise."
More than two weeks after Hurricane Maria lashed the island, killing 36
people, Cruz tweeted Sunday: "Increasingly painful to undestand the american
people want to help and US Gov does not want to help. WE NEED WATER!" She
later wrote, "Power collapses in San Juan hospital with 2 patients being
transferred out. Have requested support from @FEMA_Brock NOTHING!" Fox
NewsVOA VIEW: Cruz is an idiot.

Houston
Teen Expelled For Not Standing For Pledge Of AllegianceAs Americas national anthem protests have grown louder, consuming
the NFL, the office of the president and a good chunk of public discourse,
India Landry has had her own silent revolt, sitting quietly during the
Pledge of Allegiance at her Houston high school. The 17-year-old senior
was one of many relatively anonymous people who have followed the lead
of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who knelt during
the national anthem in 2016 to protest police violence against blacks and
other discrimination. Washington PostVOA VIEW: The NFL and the teen are losing
bad - disrespectful fools.

Medical
Marijuana Patients Report Reduction In Use Of Prescription DrugsSome medical marijuana patients in Illinois say the drug has allowed
them to reduce or eliminate their use of other prescription medication,
a new study reports. The study by DePaul and Rush universities was small,
with 30 participants, and involved only those who volunteered to respond
to the topic, so researchers conceded the results might be biased in favor
of marijuana. Chicago Tribune

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White
Supremacists Say Rally In Charlottesville Is Model For Protests Across
NationA white nationalist rally dubbed "Charlottesville 3.0" could provide
a blueprint for future controversial protests across the nation even as
livid political leaders struggle to halt the demonstrations they consider
racist. The rally on Saturday, featuring white supremacist leader Richard
Spencer, was the third prompted by the Virginia city's plans to remove
a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from its Emancipation Park.
USA
Today

Looking
For AnswersFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith weathered three days of congressional
testimony this week as he defended his ex-employer in the wake of a cybersecurity
breach believed to have exposed the personal information of more than 145
million Americans. Smith appeared Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before
lawmakers in the House and Senate to elaborate on a cybersecurity breach
believed to have taken place between May and July of this year that compromised
names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some cases,
credit card information and driver's license numbers. US
News & World ReportVOA VIEW: The is only one answer - Rquifax
hurt many people.

California
Hepatitis A Outbreak On Verge Of Statewide EpidemicThe California hepatitis A outbreak is on the verge of reaching statewide
epidemic status, as cases have spread through homeless tent cities from
San Diego north to Sacramento. California health officials have reported
that at least 569 people have been infected with the hepatitis A liver
disease and 17 have died since a San Diego County outbreak was first identified
in November. Cases have migrated north to homeless populations in Los Angeles,
Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Sacramento over the last 11 months. Google
News

U.S.,
Turkey Mutually Suspend Visa Services After Arrest Of Consulate EmployeeThe U.S. mission in Turkey and subsequently the Turkish mission in
Washington mutually scaled back visa services after a U.S. consulate employee
was arrested in Turkey, in the latest sign of fraying diplomatic relations
between the NATO allies. Last week, the U.S. mission employee in Istanbul
was arrested on charges of links to a cleric blamed for last years failed
coup, a move condemned by Washington as baseless. Recent events have forced
the United States government to reassess the commitment of government of
Turkey to the security of U.S. mission and personnel, the mission in Ankara
said in a statement. Huffington Post

Italian-Americans
Fight Against Movement To Abolish Columbus DayA movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples
Day has gained momentum in some parts of the U.S., with Los Angeles in
August becoming the biggest city yet to decide to stop honoring the Italian
explorer and instead recognize victims of colonialism. Austin, Texas, followed
suit Thursday. It joined cities including San Francisco, Seattle and Denver,
which had previously booted Columbus in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day.
NY
PostVOA VIEW: Liberals in this country will
ultimately lose.

Trump
Defends His Hurricane Response In Puerto RicoPresident Trump patted himself on the back Sunday for his response
to Hurricane Maria and the devastation in Puerto Rico. Nobody could have
done what Ive done for #PuertoRico with so little appreciation, Trump
tweeted. So much work! The comments came just hours after the president
blasted the fake news media for criticizing his administrations relief
efforts in the US territory, which was ravaged by Maria last month. NY
Post

Harvey
Weinstein Is Losing Allies After Sex Abuse AllegationsHarvey Weinstein, the brash outsider from Queens who upended Hollywood,
has always liked to think of himself as an underdog. So there may have
been no prouder moment for him than the night of March 21, 1999, when he
stood on the stage at the Academy Awards accepting the best picture Oscar
for Shakespeare in Love, which had won in a stunning upset over Steven
Spielbergs Saving Private Ryan. NY Daily News

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49ers'
Eric Reid On Mike Pence's Walkout: 'This Is What Systemic Oppression Looks
Like'Count San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid among those unhappy with
Vice President Mike Pence's actions on Sunday. After Pence left the Indianapolis
Colts' game against the 49ers minutes after 23 San Francisco players kneeled
for the national anthem, Reid said he believed the series of events was
an orchestrated effort. "This looks like a PR stunt to me," Reid said of
Pence's exit. USA Today

Dove
Apologizes For Racially Insensitive AdDove has apologized after a body wash advertisement with racist overtones
featured on the brand's Facebook page sparked the ire of customers. The
since-deleted spot featured four photos arranged in a square. The first
two pictured a black woman in the process of removing a brown shirt from
her body. In the two photos below those, the black woman lifts up her shirt
and becomes a smiling white woman, as if to imply that Dove's body wash
transformed her skin color. NY Daily News

Chief
Justice Roberts, Gerrymandering Isn't Just 'Sociological Gobbledygook'For 12 years, Chief Justice John Roberts has worked overtime peddling
the dubious conceit that he and his life-tenured colleagues on the U.S.
Supreme Court are above politics and determined to remain so. Yet Roberts
himself is a consummate politician  a strategist who worries about appearances
and harbors a ward heeler's contempt for the intelligence of the average
voter. And his cynicism was on full display last week when justices took
up the politically fraught problem of gerrymandering. USA
TodayVOA VIEW: Roberts is no conservative.

Dolphins
O-line Coach Seen Snorting A White Substance In VideoThe Dolphins' season has gone off the rails. The Dolphins are reportedly
investigating offensive line coach Chris Foerster after a video surfaced
on Facebook Sunday evening showing Foerster snorting a white powdery substance,
according to the Miami Herald. "We were just made aware of the video and
will have no comment at this time," a team spokesman told The Herald Sunday
night. Foerster can be seen snorting three lines of the white powdery substance
in the 56-second video. His face is clearly visible and a team spokesperson
confirmed to The Herald that is Foerster in the video. NY
Daily

Italian
Leader Gives Putin Duvet Cover With Their Picture On ItItalys controversial former leader isnt keeping his love for Vladimir
Putin under wraps, or under the covers. Three-time prime minister Silvio
Berlusconi gave his longtime Kremlin colleague a duvet cover of them shaking
hands as part of a series of birthday gifts, Correire della Serra reported
Sunday. Putin, who turned 65 on Saturday, has long enjoyed a warm relationship
with the Italian, who stepped down in 2011 after his last term in office
was marred by scandals and has been barred from politics after a 2013 tax
fraud conviction. NY Daily News

Protect
Dreamers, Pass ReformPresident Donald Trump set off the first opening for immigration legislation
of this term when he terminated the Obama-era program that protected immigrants
brought to the country as children  the Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals program. But he allowed a six-month "wind-down" window, in which
he specifically asked Congress to pass legislation that would provide a
permanent status for this group, commonly called "Dreamers." US
News & World Report

Sessions
Says DOJ To Probe Harvard University On Affirmative ActionIn a potentially crippling assault on affirmative action, Attorney
General Jeff Sessions on Thursday acknowledged the Department of Justice
is taking aim at race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University,
one of the nation's most exclusive institutions of higher education. The
news comes as the university continues to defend itself in a discrimination
lawsuit that parallels the Department of Justice probe. At issue is whether
stellar Asian students are being passed over so Harvard can admit less-qualified
African American and Hispanic students for the sake of artificial diversity.
US
News & World Report

Aid
Makes It To Needy Hurricane Maria Survivors In Puerto RicoSometimes being in the right place at the right time makes all the
difference in the world. When Stan Brock, the founder of the volunteer-driven
non-profit Remote Area Medical, reached out to a friend he heard was already
doing relief work on the battered island of Puerto Rico there was no hesitation
to alter plans. Once Brock called, Titusville, Fla., missionary Joe Hurston
delayed returning to the mainland and switched gears to help facilitate
a massive shipment of aid to the hurricane-ravaged island. USA
Today

Will
President Trump End The Iran Deal?The 2015 agreement between Iran, the United States and the other permanent
members of the United Nations Security Council, and the European Union
is in trouble. On the campaign trail, President Trump promised repeatedly
to rip up the deal, which is formally known as the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action (JCPOA), and is likely to "decertify" it in the days ahead.
Does that pull the U.S. out of the deal? CBS News

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